Huntsville gazette., 1887-05-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

market in the world.
Coffee as a cure for typhoid fever
is recommended by a French naval sur
geon.
A cross-eyed cat, one of the few
known to be in existence, is owned by
Mrs. George Hebard, of Hartford,
Conn.
Ulysses is the only town in Grant
County, Kansas, and Horace and Tri-
bune are the only towns in Greeley
County. ---- .---------------- --a-a- .-----.---
The total egg crop of the United
States, or the product handled by the
larger cities and towns, is estimated at
one hundred and fifty million dollars
annually.
The Chinese are said to manufac-
ture an an9sthetic not unlike cocaine
in its action, and claim that the anas-
thetic property is the juice of the eye
of the frog.
Treasury clerks who count the
trade dollars have to wear buckskin
gloves or get sore fingers. Any sore
spot on the finger is soon poisoned by
contact with the metal.
London papers tell Of spaniel
which saved the life of cat. The
owner of both decided to drown
the cat, and threw it into the
river. The dog rescued the tabby and
the man threw her in again. This time
ha a1 thn t0 hn r,fh
shore. .r
The retired list of the navy is swell
ing. There are fifty Rear Admirals,
fifteen Colamodores, fourteen Captains,
twelve Commanders, twenty Lieuten-
ant Commanders, forty-one Lieuten-
ants, forty-six surgeons, twenty pay
masters and sevcnty-two engineers
Chicago Herald.
AT late auction in Paris Stradi-
varius violoncello, bearing the makers
name and the date, 1859, was sold for
$3,802; violin by the same maker, of
the date of 1851, went for 50, 400, and
Ruggeri, of the year 1850, for Sc, 400;
A violin bow, by Tourte, for $220.-
Cincinnati Times.
"A curious flower is being cultivated
by lady at Barton, Fla. 1t is called
the yelled nun and is of the lily species
and has a fan-shaped base, in front Of
which projects purple cell, and in the
cell is the pistil, on the apex of which
is a perfect face with a white hood OF
veil almost exactly like that worn by
some Of the orders of nuns.
The prints of peculiarly arranged
teeth were found in some cheese in
house in Jersey City that was robbed
few nights ago. A colored man who
was arrested on suspicion was required
| to bite piece of the cheese; when his
| teeth made the same marks as were up
on the other piece, and he was commit
ted for trial Chicago Tribune.
A Philadelphia physician says that
a great deal of what passes for heart
disease is only mild dyspepsia, that
nervousness is commonly bad temper
and that two-thirds of the so-called
malaria is nothing but laziness. Prob
ably he doesn't tell his patients so, but
there is no doubt a good deal of truth
in what he says.-American Aiaalyst.
The Governor of Guadalajara has
arranged for the establishment of pawn
shops in that State similar to the ma
tional pawnshops ofMexico, which lend
money on collaterals at very low rate
of interest. Private parties in the
State capital have already subscribed
capital of twenty-three thousand dol
lars and other subscriptions are coming
in rapidly Chicago Times.
The secret of being always enter
tanning in conversation is so simple
that it is astonishing SO few people
know it. The rule is always to talk
about the personal interest of the one
you are talking with. He will save
you the trouble of saying much, and
will leave you finally with a remarka-
bly, good opinion of your powers as an
entertainer .-Jouynal of Education.
Tapestry is neither real weaving
nor true embroidery, but in manner
unites in its working these two pro-
cesses into one. Though wrought in a
loom and upon warp stretched out as
long as its frame, it has no woof thrown
across those threads with a shuttle or
any like appearance, but its weft is
done with many short threads, all vari-
ously colored and put in by needle.
1t is not embroidery, though SO very
like it, for tapestry is not worked upon
what is really a web, having both
warp and woof, but upon a series
Of closely-set fine strings Boston
Budget.
The New Brunswick On. J.) NeUs
announced with great gravity one
morning that certain post-office clerks,
naming them, had been detected in
"selling thirteen stamps for one cent
and quarter" naming the detective
who had worked up the case. The
News has now been sued for five thou
sand dollars damages bv the two clerks